Key Points and Summary - USAF leaders floated an “F-16 Block 80” as a faster, cheaper way to bolster a shrinking fighter force. -The concept would build on export-only Block 70/72 jets—much like ...

Can one purchase have the Philippines change its air defense posture and tip the scales in the South China Sea? That is the question looming over Manila’s possible $5.58 billion F-16 Block 70/72 ...

Few days after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Philippines, Washington cleared the sale of 20 F-16s to the country. The U.S. State Department has approved the Foreign Military Sale ...

The acquisition of these next-level F-16s from the United States will help to give Taiwanese forces a fighting chance in certain engagements with the Chinese military. Whether it will all be worth it ...

Lockheed Martin delivered the first of 16 F-16 Block 70 fighter jets to the Bulgarian Air Force. The aircraft were built in Lockheed Martin's Greenville, South Carolina facility. The F-16 Block 70 is ...

Lockheed Martin has handed over Taiwan’s first F-16 Block 70 fighter at a ceremony in Greenville, South Carolina. Social media posts dated 29 March show Lockheed officials, including company ...

The U.S. State Department has green-lighted Peru to acquire the Block 70 model Lockheed Martin F-16, as the Latin American country mulls replacing its aging fleet of Dassault Mirage 2000s. Lima ...

L3Harris Technologies’ Viper Shield electronic warfare (EW) system has undergone its first flight on a Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 fighter, with deliveries of the self-protection equipment to begin ...